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i know in florida, i was campaigning all week. there are voters saying you are not going, i'm not going to allow you to stop me from casting my fundamental right to vote and that's why those voters were chanting in line an the miami-dade supervisor of elections was right to reopen those offices. the last voters cast their ballots after 11:00 last night. >> well, actually, i heard there was a place where they cut off the line at 7:00 a.m. in miami. 7:00 p.m. in miami-dade and the last voter voted at 1:00 a.m., which meeps a six-hour wait. do you think it's going to have an impact on the final outcome? >> on saturday night, the last voter who had gotten in line at 7:00 cast their vote at 2:30 in the morning. so yes, i am concerned that this is having, that this is will effect a ability of people to vote, but florida voters have been determined and resolute. they've been turning out in record numbers in early voting because they are insisting that the government will not stop them. not restrict their right to vote, but the republican
i know in florida, i was campaigning all week. there are voters saying you are not going, i'm not going to allow you to stop me from casting my fundamental right to vote and that's why those voters were chanting in line an the miami-dade supervisor of elections was right to reopen those offices. the last voters cast their ballots after 11:00 last night. >> well, actually, i heard there was a place where they cut off the line at 7:00 a.m. in miami. 7:00 p.m. in miami-dade and the last...
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reuters reports similar margins in florida, virginia, colorado and ohio. governor romney is now focusing on pennsylvania, a state that hasn't voted republican in 20 years. >> i can't wait for us to get started. he's hoping we'll set. americans don't settle. we build, we aspire, we dream. we listen to that voice that says we can do better. >> reporter: and so in this election, we are seeing it now, all roads lead through ohio and that's why. we'll see both presidential candidates back here in the buckeye state in their final day of campaigning. >> thank you, tracie potts in cincinnati. >>> voters lined up to cast absentee ballots after being cut off from the early voting deadline saturday. we explain what happened there. >> reporter: frustrated voters, outside the miami/dade election office they had come after the county announced it would open its doors to provide and accept absentee ballots. but so many voters showed up that election officials were overwhelm. they shut the doors, then decided to re-open. the democratic party sued to extend early voting af
reuters reports similar margins in florida, virginia, colorado and ohio. governor romney is now focusing on pennsylvania, a state that hasn't voted republican in 20 years. >> i can't wait for us to get started. he's hoping we'll set. americans don't settle. we build, we aspire, we dream. we listen to that voice that says we can do better. >> reporter: and so in this election, we are seeing it now, all roads lead through ohio and that's why. we'll see both presidential candidates...
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key battleground, 13 electoral votes at stake. 48, 47 bavmt look at florida. even bigger. of course the election that deadlocked the 2000 campaign. 49-47 obama. and the state of ohio which most see as the hinge state for the election. 18 electoral votes. president obama up 51-45 among likely voters. we don't know the composition of turnout. white versus african-american and hispanic turnout. these key. and the proportion of senior citizens versus young voters. obama's base but they have not shown a tremendous amount of interest. >> pennsylvania had become a swing state. do you believe it? >> i don't believe so. mitt romney doesn't have as many options as president obama does. he's making a late play to move the numbers. >> are we going to have an answer on wednesday or is this going to drag out? >> i think we'll have an answer. i have been saying by midnight. some of my colleagues say it may take longer to call some states. i think if you look at the consistency of the way battleground states tend to fall it is not likely we'll in b in a multi day process. >> you have a qu
key battleground, 13 electoral votes at stake. 48, 47 bavmt look at florida. even bigger. of course the election that deadlocked the 2000 campaign. 49-47 obama. and the state of ohio which most see as the hinge state for the election. 18 electoral votes. president obama up 51-45 among likely voters. we don't know the composition of turnout. white versus african-american and hispanic turnout. these key. and the proportion of senior citizens versus young voters. obama's base but they have not...
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florida is like 1 or 2 points. so, it's a-- look, we're talking about very, very close states so the answer to the question, what group matters? they all do. and a slight advantage 4 or 5 points among a group could be the tipping point. so in, you know, when the dust settles it may in fact be the independents in a state like virginia that make the difference and florida. charles: lee, how are you doing, charles payne. >> good morning, charles. charles: your poll has come under a lot of criticism for being so heavily weighted towards democrats. everyone is saying, the enthusiasm gap no way in the world the modeling should begin with the same assumptions of democrats to turn out that they did last time around. what do you think of your critics and why haven't you adjusted for that? >> well, first of all, we don't weight by party, that's just a wrong assumption. parties are variable. if you weighted by party in '08 based on '04, mccain would have won. second of all when we look at party differences ohio is showing to
florida is like 1 or 2 points. so, it's a-- look, we're talking about very, very close states so the answer to the question, what group matters? they all do. and a slight advantage 4 or 5 points among a group could be the tipping point. so in, you know, when the dust settles it may in fact be the independents in a state like virginia that make the difference and florida. charles: lee, how are you doing, charles payne. >> good morning, charles. charles: your poll has come under a lot of...
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obama holds a slightly wider lead in florida with support from 49% of likely voters compared to romney's 47. and in all important ohio, our poll shows president obama holds a six-point lead over his republican rival with 51% to romney's 45. nbc's tracy potts is in cincinnati, ohio, with details on the candidates' final frantic day of campaigning. tracy, very good morning to you. >> reporter: veronica, good morning. good morning, everyone. it is going to be a very busy last day of campaigning. it was a busy weekend, especially here in ohio. all four candidates showing up here in various parts of ohio over the weekend. it is becoming very clear that all roads lead through ohio in this important presidential race. let's start with the president who is right here in cincinnati last night where he talked about governor romney and that six-point lead that he has as of now in our poll over governor romney, saying the reason he's not doing very well in ohio is because he opposed the auto industry. a lot of those workers were based here in ohio. governor romney was also in ohio over the weekend u
obama holds a slightly wider lead in florida with support from 49% of likely voters compared to romney's 47. and in all important ohio, our poll shows president obama holds a six-point lead over his republican rival with 51% to romney's 45. nbc's tracy potts is in cincinnati, ohio, with details on the candidates' final frantic day of campaigning. tracy, very good morning to you. >> reporter: veronica, good morning. good morning, everyone. it is going to be a very busy last day of...
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in ohio, florida, colorado, virginia. it's incouple went upon them to show up at the polls and vote tomorrow as they did for my father. if my father could speak to evangelicals today he would tell them it's incumbent upon them to show up and to vote. megyn: that is what we are hearing from many catholic priests and ministers from the pulpit, tony perkins in sunday mass and sunday services across the country. the churches are seeming without saying go vote for mitt romney to come out and say vote for life, vote for the principles you talk about in church. is this going to make a difference tomorrow? >> no question about it. i would say to michael his father is speaking to the evangelicals. yesterday when i spoke in a church outside of day into quoted his far it from 1984. he says if we ever cease to be unnation under god we'll cease to be a nation. we'll be a nation gone under. people realize from the hostility dish also quoted from the democratic convention they where they voted god off the political island and they may f
in ohio, florida, colorado, virginia. it's incouple went upon them to show up at the polls and vote tomorrow as they did for my father. if my father could speak to evangelicals today he would tell them it's incumbent upon them to show up and to vote. megyn: that is what we are hearing from many catholic priests and ministers from the pulpit, tony perkins in sunday mass and sunday services across the country. the churches are seeming without saying go vote for mitt romney to come out and say...
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in florida, it's the same deal. if the margin on election night is one half of less percent we'll get a recount in florida, overseen by ken detzner. the other swing state, where there's an automatic recount where the real clear politics shows the difference between the candidates is 0.6%, that state is colorado. the secretary of state is this guy, republican scott gessler. scott gessler made himself famous this year when he tried to stop mailing bat lots to those who normally got them. he tried to kick 4,000 colorado voters off the state voter rolls a few months before election day. he's working on another voter roll purge since then. if there is a recount in colorado, that's the guy in charge. in a way, it is heart warming to see people willing to spend hours upon hours in line in order to vote that. is truly a heartwarming sight and it's heartbreaking because not all people can do that. there are also people who made it through hour one, nad through hour two, maybe made it through hour three but by the time hour f
in florida, it's the same deal. if the margin on election night is one half of less percent we'll get a recount in florida, overseen by ken detzner. the other swing state, where there's an automatic recount where the real clear politics shows the difference between the candidates is 0.6%, that state is colorado. the secretary of state is this guy, republican scott gessler. scott gessler made himself famous this year when he tried to stop mailing bat lots to those who normally got them. he tried...
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reuters reports similar margins in florida, virginia, colorado and ohio. governor romney is now focusing on pennsylvania, a state that hasn't voted republican in 20 years. >> i can't wait for us to get started. he's hoping we settle. americans don't settle. we listen to the voice that says we can do better. >> reporter: increasingly we are seeing all roads to this election lead through ohio. it's one of the reasons, veronica, we're seeing both candidates making stops again in the buckeye state. they'll be up in columbus later today. >> tracie potts in cincinnati, stay warm out there. >>> there was anger and frustration in florida where voters lined up to cast absentee ballots after being cut off from the early voting deadline on saturday. investigative correspondent michael itzkoff explains what happened there and other potential election problems. >> reporter: frustrated voters outside the miami-dade election office, they had come after the county announced it would open its doors to provide and accept absentee ballots. but so many voters showed up that e
reuters reports similar margins in florida, virginia, colorado and ohio. governor romney is now focusing on pennsylvania, a state that hasn't voted republican in 20 years. >> i can't wait for us to get started. he's hoping we settle. americans don't settle. we listen to the voice that says we can do better. >> reporter: increasingly we are seeing all roads to this election lead through ohio. it's one of the reasons, veronica, we're seeing both candidates making stops again in the...
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i think we have a chance of winning virginia and florida. it could be a big win. and it also could be close. >> joining me now, msnbc/"time" magazine nbc political analyst mark halperin. we just went through all those polls. the national polls, we know it's not a national referendum, but they all tell the same story. it's tied. the president seems to be leading but all within the margin of error. where is this race one day out? >> all within the margin of error. the obama campaign argued from the beginning that they're stronger in the swing states, they've targeted those states from the beginning. they don't look at the national number. in those swing states like in ohio they've targeted white working class voters on the auto bailout. and some of other battle ground states they've targeted hispanics and younger voters and african-americans and women. the president's team has a logic to what they've done. until we see the actual results, there's reason to believe that they're stronger in the battleground states than they are nationally. a one or two-point or even s
i think we have a chance of winning virginia and florida. it could be a big win. and it also could be close. >> joining me now, msnbc/"time" magazine nbc political analyst mark halperin. we just went through all those polls. the national polls, we know it's not a national referendum, but they all tell the same story. it's tied. the president seems to be leading but all within the margin of error. where is this race one day out? >> all within the margin of error. the obama...
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florida can determine it. if we get it done in florida, when we get it done in florida, it is over. let's get it done. god bless you and god bless barack obama. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome debbie wasserman schultz. [chanting "debbie"] >> good afternoon, south florida! this is an unbelievable sight. i am so proud to have president obama this is such a privilege to represent south florida in our nation's capital. i am the turtle in grateful for the trust you have placed in me. thank you so much for always having my back. i know that we are going to deliver florida for our president, barack obama. [cheers and applause] four more years. four more years. four more years. four more years. >> four more years. >> stating here before all of you, i cannot wait for our president barack obama to see what i see, and that is that florida is ready to go. and it is a very good thing that you are my friends, because as floridians, we know only too well the importance of every single vote, do we not? the lesson, remember, it was decided right year by just 537 votes, and this ye
florida can determine it. if we get it done in florida, when we get it done in florida, it is over. let's get it done. god bless you and god bless barack obama. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome debbie wasserman schultz. [chanting "debbie"] >> good afternoon, south florida! this is an unbelievable sight. i am so proud to have president obama this is such a privilege to represent south florida in our nation's capital. i am the turtle in grateful for the...
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florida's republican governor is refusing to do, namely to make it possible to vote in florida without enduring a democracy marathon in order to do it. faced with that lawsuit and with the evident problem of voters not being able to vote a few florida counties decided maybe they better do something after all on their own. the counties came up with basically a work do workaround plan. you still could not technically early vote today in most of florida, but around the the city of tampa in pinellas and hillsborough county, you could pick up an over the counter absentee ballot. fill it in there and hand it in right there. you could do that all day in greater tampa. in orange county, which includes orlando, a judge ordered the day of early voting after a bomb scare kept the polls closed there for several hours. the situation in miami-dade county got really kind of nuts today. at least that's how it seems to me. i was watching reporting from miami-dade all day today. it started to feel like farce. after people were still voting, last night, at 1:00 in the morning in miami-dade, miami-dade fi
florida's republican governor is refusing to do, namely to make it possible to vote in florida without enduring a democracy marathon in order to do it. faced with that lawsuit and with the evident problem of voters not being able to vote a few florida counties decided maybe they better do something after all on their own. the counties came up with basically a work do workaround plan. you still could not technically early vote today in most of florida, but around the the city of tampa in...
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president obama was in hollywood, florida yesterday. governor romney started his day in sanford, florida. they're trying to attract the independent voters here. they are the ones who can turn the election. they're very important here in central florida along the i-4 corridor, connecting tampa with orlando and daytona beach. so far, 4.5 million floridans have already voted. more than a third of the electorate amid very long lines and complaints from democrats that there were not enough places. a lawsuit to that was filed. democrats said they have the best ground game, but the republicans say they have the best message of economic change in a state hard hit by the downturned economy. currently are higher unemployment than the rest of the nation and record foreclosures. thomas, back to you. >> mark, thanks so much and a big thanks to all of our nbc corresponden corresponden correspondents. never before have we seen the fight for marriage equality become so prominent than the election this year. tomorrow, same-sex marriage meshes in maine,
president obama was in hollywood, florida yesterday. governor romney started his day in sanford, florida. they're trying to attract the independent voters here. they are the ones who can turn the election. they're very important here in central florida along the i-4 corridor, connecting tampa with orlando and daytona beach. so far, 4.5 million floridans have already voted. more than a third of the electorate amid very long lines and complaints from democrats that there were not enough places. a...
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with the african-american community, we just saw in florida, one polling presignature, 1,000 votes through some computer glitch that could be explained, voting oppression was a key issue with some african-american voters that had not supported president obama, being ticked off, being really mad and looking at this as a republican tactic to suppress their votes and now they are going to be full scale with president obama. >> belva: as we wrap this up, have any of you seen an election light this one in your years of working? >> no, never. this is one for the books. >> not at all. >> well, the dynamics are just so unusual. how many times do you have this many storylines coming together, with the economy, with jobs, with the contentious race with a divided elector rate and with really no actual agreement on what to do. i think even inside political constituency groups, people bicker all the time about what's the appropriate course. >> belva: well, that is why the next story is going to move into view, because we've had so much bickering over so many weeks and no agreement over most of anything
with the african-american community, we just saw in florida, one polling presignature, 1,000 votes through some computer glitch that could be explained, voting oppression was a key issue with some african-american voters that had not supported president obama, being ticked off, being really mad and looking at this as a republican tactic to suppress their votes and now they are going to be full scale with president obama. >> belva: as we wrap this up, have any of you seen an election light...
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i am going to predict we will narrowly win florida. i think it will bes hispanic states near me, colorado, nevada. >> i will take the florida. >> let me ask you one last question do you think reagan said with fewer americans working when they took office 1-6 in poverty 17 million more of americans on today stamps. 6 trillion in debt. are you going to say we were better off than a year ago. the president has created 5.7 nobs after a month mt. 800,000 emotion of god. >> i thing you would use the receipt tick of resing voting. sploetling. i appreciate you being hasn'ter, i hough you are ka dual support. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. new pink lemonade 5-hour energy? 5-hour energy supports the avon foundation for women breast cancer crusade. so i can get the energized feeling i need and support a great cause? i'm sold. pink
i am going to predict we will narrowly win florida. i think it will bes hispanic states near me, colorado, nevada. >> i will take the florida. >> let me ask you one last question do you think reagan said with fewer americans working when they took office 1-6 in poverty 17 million more of americans on today stamps. 6 trillion in debt. are you going to say we were better off than a year ago. the president has created 5.7 nobs after a month mt. 800,000 emotion of god. >> i thing...
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he spent a lot of time in north carolina and florida. i am surprised he didn't spend more time in the state of georgia, a state that is under certain scenarios, all of the growth when you look at the census, the african-american and hispanic growth in the state of georgia. there's a lot of things he could have done differently, when it comes to building different and better coalitions in washington, finding his own versions of moderate republicans to come with him. the question is, did he learn lessons if he wins a second term? and maybe are there better ways of building coalitions outside of washington, trying to go to certain places and certain states and trying to overperform in certain states. >> if he wins on tuesday night, he was able to get support because of things he did, killing bin laden, helping out hispanic kids brought to this country at an early age, these are things he did, the thing he did with governor christie the other day, these are actual doing things. >> i think the lesson is, if he wins one of the top two or three
he spent a lot of time in north carolina and florida. i am surprised he didn't spend more time in the state of georgia, a state that is under certain scenarios, all of the growth when you look at the census, the african-american and hispanic growth in the state of georgia. there's a lot of things he could have done differently, when it comes to building different and better coalitions in washington, finding his own versions of moderate republicans to come with him. the question is, did he learn...
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i am going to predict we will narrowly win florida. i think it will bes hispanic states near me, colorado, nevada. >> i will take the florida. >> let me ask you one last question do you think reagan said with fewer americans working when they took office 1-6 in poverty 17 million more of americans on today stamps. 6 trillion in debt. are you going to say we were better off than a year ago. the president has created 5.7 nobs after a month mt. 800,000 emotion of god. >> i thing you would use the receipt tick of resing voting. sploetling. i appreciate you being hasn'ter, i hough >> not many democrats appear they are in trouble. they have no card left to play but the race card for some. the president's supporters are trying to hide behind their so-called jokes. he is making controversial comments. he said he was joking and kidding. lathes example comes to us courtesy of the million dollar donor to barack obama bill maher. >>> i would just like to say for any one thinking about voting for mitt romney, if you are thinking about it i would li
i am going to predict we will narrowly win florida. i think it will bes hispanic states near me, colorado, nevada. >> i will take the florida. >> let me ask you one last question do you think reagan said with fewer americans working when they took office 1-6 in poverty 17 million more of americans on today stamps. 6 trillion in debt. are you going to say we were better off than a year ago. the president has created 5.7 nobs after a month mt. 800,000 emotion of god. >> i thing...
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and thunderstorms over florida. plus we may even see a little bit more rain than what we have here across southern virginia, north carolina, especially later on in the day. this is going to make a fast transition up the east coast, as we get in towards wednesday. temperatures won't be incredibly cold in the south. as a matter of fact, 50s, 60s, 70s, whether you're in the rain or not will be even slate. here's the timing on wednesday, getting into more of the storm because really tuesday's issues are going to be virginia and florida in terms of how the weather's going to impact. but florida, of course, will be out of that on wednesday. but virginia, you'll be in this. parts of new jersey. notice here, we will bring all this rain, all the way up into new england as well. and this will be heavy wind-swept rain. those areas trying to get power back on may have to deal with rain. one of the new things we're looking at here with these models is the fact that the low itself has tracked a little bit farther to the east. so
and thunderstorms over florida. plus we may even see a little bit more rain than what we have here across southern virginia, north carolina, especially later on in the day. this is going to make a fast transition up the east coast, as we get in towards wednesday. temperatures won't be incredibly cold in the south. as a matter of fact, 50s, 60s, 70s, whether you're in the rain or not will be even slate. here's the timing on wednesday, getting into more of the storm because really tuesday's...
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florida and virginia. and that doesn't sound like a guy who thinks they're in the bag. on the other hand the obama camp said it's a desperate flailing around, fact that romney is going to pennsylvania tomorrow because he can't win ohio, guess what? we have a poll today that shows a dead heat in pennsylvania and as we reported earlier, bill clinton is going to make four stops in pennsylvania tomorrow. tell me who is bluffing, who is a serious? i don't know. >> megyn: i know, it drives me nuts. >> i don't think they know. >> that's good, now what? it's going to be an old-fashioned race and we're going to have to sit and you're going to tell us and the exit polls, we could be sitting there on election night at midnight, one, two in the morning and not know who our president is going to be. >> on the flip side, if things turn quickly and it's michael barone's type race, we could know perhaps early in the race, early in the night that things are going that way, if florida, virginia, and then we indications in ohio that it's going romney's way. >> or flip side pennsylvania. >
florida and virginia. and that doesn't sound like a guy who thinks they're in the bag. on the other hand the obama camp said it's a desperate flailing around, fact that romney is going to pennsylvania tomorrow because he can't win ohio, guess what? we have a poll today that shows a dead heat in pennsylvania and as we reported earlier, bill clinton is going to make four stops in pennsylvania tomorrow. tell me who is bluffing, who is a serious? i don't know. >> megyn: i know, it drives me...
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i am going to predict we will narrowly win florida. i think it will bes hispanic states near me, colorado, nevada. >> i will take the florida. >> let me ask you one last question do you think reagan said with fewer americans working when they took office 1-6 in poverty 17 million more of americans on today stamps. 6 trillion in debt. are you going to say we were better off than a year ago. the president has created 5.7 nobs after a month mt. 800,000 emotion of god. >> i thing you would use the receipt tick of resing voting. sploetling. i appreciate you being hasn'ter, i hough [ dennis ] it only took two minutes for this town to be destroyed. to a little girl who lived through it, this is more than a teddy bear. it's a step towards normal. it's why allstate catastrophe teams not only have hot coffee and help for grownups... they've also handed out more than twelve thousand teddy bears to kids. people come first... everything else is second. that's allstate's stand. are you in good hands? huh? you're not my dad ahhhhh!!! hey honey, back
i am going to predict we will narrowly win florida. i think it will bes hispanic states near me, colorado, nevada. >> i will take the florida. >> let me ask you one last question do you think reagan said with fewer americans working when they took office 1-6 in poverty 17 million more of americans on today stamps. 6 trillion in debt. are you going to say we were better off than a year ago. the president has created 5.7 nobs after a month mt. 800,000 emotion of god. >> i thing...
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two-point lead for the president in florida. one-point lead in virginia. big hill for mitt romney to claim clitomorrow night. >>> let's go to the finance.yahoo.com poll. the aftermath from sandy. do you think the pace of the recovery will help or hurt either candidate? go to vote at finance.yahoo.com. josh, do you think at this point the voters especially in our north carolina of the woods will use this storm as an issue as they cast their ballots or not? >> it is certainly going to be a matter of consequence but the real important question here is turnout. how many voters are actually going to come out. what we've seen based on historic evidence with regard to weather patterns is that one inch of rain decreased turnout by about one percentage point. after a storm like this, this gives us a baseline with which to work with for new jersey, new york and connecticut. >> let me push back a little bit. i live in new jersey, yet i come down to lower manhattan every day to go to work. i've seen both states deal with this crisis. i have found it to be somewhat of
two-point lead for the president in florida. one-point lead in virginia. big hill for mitt romney to claim clitomorrow night. >>> let's go to the finance.yahoo.com poll. the aftermath from sandy. do you think the pace of the recovery will help or hurt either candidate? go to vote at finance.yahoo.com. josh, do you think at this point the voters especially in our north carolina of the woods will use this storm as an issue as they cast their ballots or not? >> it is certainly going...
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sure does in florida. those haunting memories of of that 2000 debacle are still painfully fresh and now a new crop of concerns are hanging over the elections there. ali velshi is keeping a close eye on the problems. he joins us from cnn's vote watch desk. it was ugly this weekend in florida. >> can you imagine that we're having this conversation about voting problems in florida? i guess it wouldn't be a batt battle -- without a battle in florida. one of third of the state's registered democrats do their voting in three counties. this is what the early voting lines looked like in miami yesterday. >> i've been waiting here since 12:30 to pick up an absentee ballot. now they're telling us we have to go home. that's just ridiculous. >> we heard reports of wait times from 45 minutes to seven hours. talk about committed voters. this all started on saturday. the scene had some folks walking away, the democrats are lawyering up pushing to have extended voting extended in some democratic strongholds. people are lin
sure does in florida. those haunting memories of of that 2000 debacle are still painfully fresh and now a new crop of concerns are hanging over the elections there. ali velshi is keeping a close eye on the problems. he joins us from cnn's vote watch desk. it was ugly this weekend in florida. >> can you imagine that we're having this conversation about voting problems in florida? i guess it wouldn't be a batt battle -- without a battle in florida. one of third of the state's registered...
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florida very big, and also a tight vote. and we are still seeing pictures of long, long line-ups today. we have some lines where there are 400 people. we have reports of people waiting seven to eight hours in line and then turning away because they've changed the voting system there. the -- >> turning away after seven or eight hours? >> turning away at some point in that thing. i think if you are there seven hours, you might as well wait for the last hour. you remember, obviously, you covered it 537 votes decided the presidential election last time. in these three counties in southern florida where about one-third of the voters are. they had 14 days normally will in advanced voting. the republican scrolled legislature reverse thad to eight days, and as a result you are seeing big line-ups. the good news is ohio and florida probably half of the voters have already cast their ballot. >> actually, being in those flood areas and talking to those folks there, do you get a sense that they really want to vote, that they are motivat
florida very big, and also a tight vote. and we are still seeing pictures of long, long line-ups today. we have some lines where there are 400 people. we have reports of people waiting seven to eight hours in line and then turning away because they've changed the voting system there. the -- >> turning away after seven or eight hours? >> turning away at some point in that thing. i think if you are there seven hours, you might as well wait for the last hour. you remember, obviously,...
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florida will be close? there were problems with a polls . the judge ordered the polling location to stay open four hear worries. and another polling location people waited six hour to fix the problem. incredible. phil don't we have the voting thing down yet? >> yeah, you know the republican led legislature and republican governor changed early voting this past session reducing the number of early voting days and hours and supposed to end 7:00 p.m. saturday night. that doesn't stop people in central florida and miami-dade and filling out their bubbles. >> this is a democracy? >> yeah, the big crowd showed up in durall? that's where the miami-dade election. word spread they would open up four hours and anybody who wanted to come in and request an absentee ballot and fill it out would be allowed to do so. is that different than early voting? lawyers can argue that into the week. orange county one polling precinct in winter park south of stanford where mitt romney will be. and the judge ordered that place t ope
florida will be close? there were problems with a polls . the judge ordered the polling location to stay open four hear worries. and another polling location people waited six hour to fix the problem. incredible. phil don't we have the voting thing down yet? >> yeah, you know the republican led legislature and republican governor changed early voting this past session reducing the number of early voting days and hours and supposed to end 7:00 p.m. saturday night. that doesn't stop people...
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frustration and anger in florida over issues with early voting in that state. hundreds lined up in an election office hoping to turn in absentee ballots. the council was so overwhelmed by the crowd, they shut their doors for a while and then decided to reopen. it came after horrendous lines on saturday as residents tried to beat the deadline for early voting. >> i'm a little bit upset because of the lines. it's been five hours now. >> voting issues are also expected in ohio where there are new absentee ballot rules and in virginia and new york, where power outages caused by sandy could cause some headaches. if you see a problem at the polls tomorrow, our news 4 i-team is on voter patrol and wants to know about it. call the tip line at 202-885-4444. or you can eem e-mail them at tips@news4iteam.com. >>> today governor o'malley will hit three separate rallies. first he'll attend a rally supporting question 7, the gaming expansion referendum. it will start at 10:15 at baltimore's inner harbor. governor o'malley will attend two rallies for marriage equality. first
frustration and anger in florida over issues with early voting in that state. hundreds lined up in an election office hoping to turn in absentee ballots. the council was so overwhelmed by the crowd, they shut their doors for a while and then decided to reopen. it came after horrendous lines on saturday as residents tried to beat the deadline for early voting. >> i'm a little bit upset because of the lines. it's been five hours now. >> voting issues are also expected in ohio where...
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, he had a big crowd down in florida. he's getting lots of enthusiastic support. i know in my own state of maryland we have a long lines of people who are at the polls, waiting to vote. so, there's no doubt the president's going to get out of the vote and again, persuade those last-minute voters. the fact that you have the romney campaign running these ads and the auto industry so deceptive that the folks at gm and chrysler had to call them on it, it's a sign of their desperation. >> in 2010 you lived through this. democrats lost 63 seats in the house, the most for either party since 1938 because there was a surge of older, conservative voters all across the country for the republican party. how concerned are you that the models the pollsters are using is not going to predict the actual electorate that we're going to see tomorrow on election day? >> well i think you're already seeing, ron, big additional turnouts. the turnout is bigger and the mix of voters is very different than 2010. and you have a couple other major di
, he had a big crowd down in florida. he's getting lots of enthusiastic support. i know in my own state of maryland we have a long lines of people who are at the polls, waiting to vote. so, there's no doubt the president's going to get out of the vote and again, persuade those last-minute voters. the fact that you have the romney campaign running these ads and the auto industry so deceptive that the folks at gm and chrysler had to call them on it, it's a sign of their desperation. >> in...